ARIZONA, USA — The Arizona Citizens Clean Elections Commission has rescheduled a one-on-one interview with Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake for 5 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 23.
The interview will air on KAZT/AZTV7. A moderator has not been named yet.
Last week, the commission postponed its televised interview with Lake after Democratic candidate Katie Hobbs arranged to do a separate one-on-one interview with PBS.
The commission said at the time that it was looking for a new partner to broadcast the Lake interview.
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The commission had previously attempted to work with PBS to organize a debate between Lake and Hobbs. But Hobbs declined to appear on stage with her Republican opponent.
Last week, Lake's campaign criticized PBS for circumventing the election commission by organizing the Hobbs interview.
"As the CEC's broadcast partner, PBS' actions are a slap in the face to the commissioners of the CEC and a betrayal of their efforts to put on an actual debate," Lake's campaign wrote in a statement.
Lake held a news conference hours after the postponement was announced where she accused PBS and Arizona State University of doing a "backroom deal."
Arizona PBS has been part of ASU since the station launched in 1961.
In a statement, the commission said it was "surprised" that PBS would schedule a separate interview with Hobbs.
Hobbs' campaign had previously suggested conducting separate televised interviews with the two candidates, but the commission rejected that proposal.
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